A faded hand stencil that is dated at least 67,800 years old is highlighted by a colour palette chart held by an archaeologist during an expedition at the Liang Metanduno cave on Muna Island, ...

At least 67,800 years ago, someone placed their hand on the wall inside a limestone cave and used a reddish-brown pigment to trace the outline of a handprint. But the unknown artist didn’t stop there: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four of the researchers who authored the study on what may be the world's oldest rock art: Left to right: Maxime Aubert, Budianto ...

Researcher Maxime Aubert examines an ancient cave painting in a limestone cave called Liang Metanduno on Muna, a small satellite island off the southeastern peninsula of the Indonesian island of ...

A nearly 68,000-year-old hand stencil found on the wall of a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia, may be the oldest rock art ever discovered – and rather than a simple handprint, it appears to have been ...

A newly dated Indonesian cave painting may be 1,100 years older than the world’s oldest known rock art, but not everyone is convinced by the evidence. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers in Indonesia ...

The world’s oldest surviving rock art is a faded outline of a hand on an Indonesian cave wall, left 67,800 years ago. On a tiny island just off the coast of Sulawesi (a much larger island in Indonesia ...

The world’s oldest known example of cave art, dating back at least 67,800 years, has been discovered by researchers studying handprints in Indonesia. The find, along with others recently made in the ...

Painted outline of a hand found in cave on Muna island The image on a cave wall is faded and barely visible The hand stencil dates to at least 67,800 years ago Jan 21 (Reuters) - The painted outline ...